Front - Use classnotes to fill out p. 1 (or consult any online source for Pronouns and Antecedents)
Back - Testing each pronoun separately, decide if a pronoun is incorrect. If so, cross it out and write the correct one above it.
Tuesday, January 25
Reading Minutes
Pronoun Review
Double-check homework's Pronoun and Antecedent worksheet [using transparency]
ACT review book - highlight the Subjective, Objective, and Possessive pronouns on p. 58
Pocket Manual - highlight the Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns on p. 36. Study the bottom of p. 36 "Compound Word Groups" for a review of how to test for the correct pronoun.
From any newspaper or magazine, copy sentences that have 5 subjective and 5 objective pronouns in them. More than one pronoun may be in each sentence, but you will still end up with 5 and 5. Label each subjective and objective pronoun.
Study classnotes, ACT and Manual pages, and pronoun homework worksheets for Friday's quiz
Practice listing the Subjective and Objective pronouns from memory.
Study classnotes, definitions, mnemonic device, memorize subjective and objective pronouns, ACT and Manual pages, and pronoun homework worksheets for Friday's quiz
Homework - Define 6 literary terms and give an example for each from what we have read this year
Thursday, February 10
Reading Minutes/Journaling (4 bullets - solid example from what you read today - What are 4 specific ways that other characters feel about the protagonist?)
Review significant concerns for a timed-writing: thesis/topic sentence, logical sequence of ideas, 4-step informative cycles, mature sentence structures. Edited for spelling, punctuation, capital letters, accuracy.
Homework - Complete the white planning page for the timed writing: How do different cultures view about Death?
Due: Friday, Feb. 11 - White planning page for Naturalism prompt
Use the white planning page for the naturalism prompt
Review cycle development - 1. idea, 2. explain it, 3. example, 4 explain why the example shows your idea
For first question of the prompt, assemble the cycle for the first bullet on the white planning page
Independently, construct the second cycle using the second bullet.
Homework - For the second question of the prompt, assemble the two cycles from the 2 bullets. Finish the practice timed writing by making sure you have done all the requirements on the gold 1/2-page.
Collect Practice Timed-Writing essays - white plan page, gold 1/2-sheet, final copy (and any drafts)
Review of Naturalism characteristics - comparison/contrast partner chart
Jack London, Naturalist
Start of "The Law of Life"
Homework - Answer all blue and red margin questions for "The Law of Life" in the textbook
Tuesday, February 15
Reading/Journaling
Questions generated by the margin questions
Homework - p. 753, #5 - Use complete sentences to answer each bulleted question. Then provide 2 critically thinking quotes from the story as support for your answer.
Wednesday, February 16
Continue "The Law of Life"
Reactions so far?
Finish listening using the texbook (with audio ) from classzone.com
Homework- For each page from 749 to 752,
Write 2 Why?/How?questions that you want to ask about the page (total of 8 questions), and
Write 2 observations or realizations that you had while reading the page (total of 8 observations or realizations)
Thursday, February 17
Reading Minutes/Journaling
Close re-reading of the story - 2 details from each page that foreshadow the ending of Koskoosh's life
Homework-
Close-read "The Law of Life" in preparation for Socratic Circle on Friday. Choose another "lens" to read the story through, such as looking for specific details about Man v. Nature, or Koskoosh's memories, past experiences, the animals that are mentioned or who appear in the story, the conflicting thoughts about life and death that go through Koskoosh's mind,
For each page, find 2 examples of foreshadowing and explain why they allow you to predict the ending.
Each participant will receive credit for 1). asking 2 questions, and 2). responding to 2 questions.
Friday, February 18
Socratic Circle using prepared questions -
Each participant will receive credit for 1). asking 2 questions, and 2). responding to 2 questions.
Week of February 21, 2011
Monday, February 21 - School Closed - Presidents' Day
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College Readiness Tuesday, February 22
Returned Jack London work
Characteristics of Jack London's writing
style - longer and harder vocabulary,
description - sensory, precise, imagery
nature/naturalism - nature is all-powerful
reflects London's experiences in Alaska
Similarities and Differences between Jack London's version, a narrative version, and an animated version
As you listen and/or watch, jot down characteristics or details that show similarities and differences between each genre and the Jack London short story
Read both sides of the "Putting the Great Gatsby into Context" readings. Provide answers to questions on the bottom of each page. Use complete sentences on looseleaf paper.
Reading Minutes [OR complete Side 1 of 1/2-sheet, with loss of reading points].
Attention to settings - Side 1 of 1/2-page - specific details and quotes Fitzgerald uses to convey his message
Homework - Complete side 2 of the 1/2-page with brainstorming about what Fitzgerald wants the reader to understand about the story, the people, the themes of the book
Wednesday, March 9
Great GatsbyPreview of p. 39-51.
Great Gatsbyessay - Show how creative the author is. Prove that he knows what he is doing when he creates the setting(s).
Main Point Sentence(s) - What does Fitzgerald want the reader to understand by using this particular setting?
What does it look like? For your selected setting, write for 1 minute about what Fitzgerald makes the setting look like.
What is happening there? Write for 1 minute about what Fitzgerald shows is happening in your setting.
How are the characters acting?
What mood has Fitzgerald created through these details?
Consider the cycle's example. Find a specific quotethat shows what your brainstorming is saying. Put it in the Step 3 spot of the cycle.
Check for all 4 parts of each cycle. 1 The idea you are showing about setting. 2 Explain what you mean. 3 Quote as your example. 4 Describe what your point of your example is.
Homework -
Read p. 39-51 (see bookmark).
Type or write the 4 cycles for your Setting's draft 1. [Revise, proofread out loud, spellcheck, edit for Friday.]
3rd Quarter Binders, Notebooks, Folders, and Planners due this week
Periods 2 and 5 - Thursday, March 17
Period 6 - Friday, March 18
Last day for 3rd Quarter Late Work is Friday, March 18.
Monday, March 14
Classnotes -Significant Moments through p. 93
Homework-
Quiz -
2 questions from Ch. III, 2 questions from Ch. IV, and 1 question on Ch. V through p. 91
Study suggestion: re-read topic sentences from Chapter III through p. 91. Re-read all dialogue.
Follow bookmark for Gatsby - Read p. 78-90
Tuesday, March 15
Main Point 2 - How does Fitzgerald use Nick's narration to help the reader understand Gatsby?
Where does Nick get his information? - Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, Jordan, party-goers, Wollersheim,
Why is Jordan in the novel?
Assignment for Main Point 2 - Choose 4 out of 8 occasions during which Nick learns about Gatsby. Read the assigned pages for the choices you have made.
Reading/Journaling
Homework - Complete the green worksheet, "Using Nick as Narrator." Read the listed pages, and fill in details that summarize the information the reader gets from Nick during the selected occasions.
Create the section "thesis" for the Main Point 2 question - How does Fitzgerald use Nick's narration to help the reader understand Gatsby?
Use key words to turn the question into a sentence to guide your development of Main Point 2.
Create cycle 1 for one of the occasions you have chosen-
Step 1 - Sentence that includes the occasion and what the reader learns about Gatsby.
Step 2 - Explain your idea in Step 1 by using any of the details you listed for that choice on the green worksheet.
Step 3 - Find a quote that serves as a perfect example of what you are saying about Nick's narration. Include the speaker and the page number. (78).
Step 4 - Relate the quote to your idea. Draw the quote into the cycle's development.
Continue to create all 4 cycles, one for each of the occasions you have selected.
Homework-
Complete the 4 Narration cycles (handwritten or typed).
Read p. 113-125 for a Quick Quiz that proves you read the assignment.
Thursday, March 17
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Double-check required structures - Section "thesis" starts the Main Point. Topic sentences, accurate cycle steps, sufficient explanation about the occasion.
Reading/Journaling OR work on 4 Narration cycles if you are not ready to turn in your draft.
Homework -
Complete the typed copy of Main Point 2 with required structures, edited, spellchecked, proofread out loud.- due Friday.
Read Gatsby, p. 130-125.
Friday, March 18
Turn in Main Point 2 draft, typed, with required structures, edited, spellchecked, proofread out loud.
The Great Gatsby film segments for pages read this week OR continue working on draft of Main Point 2.
Main Point 3 - How does Fitzgerald give deeper meanings to the story by using symbolism?
Symbolism - object that represents a bigger idea. Posters.
Symbols to consider for Main Point 3 - Places (Valley of Ashes, Gatsby's place, Tom and Daisy's, West Egg and East Egg), Colors (green, yellow, gold, white, gray), People (Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Mr. Wilson, Myrtle, Nick
Reading/Journaling
Homework
Complete the Symbolism planning worksheet - Select any 2 symbols in The Great Gatsby. Find 4 examples of each.
Fill in the 2 columns on the Main Point 3 - Symbolism page with 4 examples for each symbol you have chose. For each one, write one complete sentence that summarizes what is happening on the page. Write another complete sentence that explains what the symbol means on that page.
Wednesday, March 23
Create the thesis sentence for Main Point 3 by turning the focus question into a sentence.
Using details from the blue planning page, develop 2 cycles for each symbol (4 cycles total), showing how Fitzgerald gives the novel more meaning by adding a symbolic level to the story.
Homework-
Read Gatsby, p. 151-162
Complete the 4 cycles for Main Point 3.
Thursday, March 24
Quiz - Chapters VI-VIII
Review Main Point structure: Main Point Sentence + 2 cycles for one symbol + 2 symbols for the second symbol.
Reading OR write draft of 4 cycles.
Homework -
Complete the typed copy of Main Point 3 with required structure, edited, spellchecked, proofread out loud.- due Friday.
Finish Gatsby - p. 163-180
Friday, March 18
Turn in Main Point 3 draft, typed, with required structures, edited, spellchecked, proofread out loud.
The Great Gatsby film segments for pages read this week OR continue working on draft of Main Point 3
Reading Strategies - Before starting to read the passage, box in the intro and conclusion, underline all topic sentences, circle all capital letter except those at the beginning of sentences.
ACT book, p. 236-237. Read the intro and conclusion paragraphs and all underlining for an overview of the general topic and main idea. Then go back and read for details, limiting the total time to 8 minutes.
Answer the 10 questions in 3 minutes, using the intro, conclusion, underlining, and capital letters to help you find information quickly.
ACT book, p. 186-187. Determine the main ideas and topic sentences for each of the passages #1-6.
ACT book, p. 188-189. Read each of the passages #1-6. Underline the topic sentence of each and write the main idea in the margin.
ACT book, p. 193. Read each passage #1-3. Underline the topic sentences and write the Main Idea on the line following each passage.
Homework-
Online Practice for Parallelism - 30 items due
For your ACT Prep, study any notes and exercises in the ACT book and any highlighted manterial in the Pocket Manual.
Thursday, April 21
Reading Strategies - Reading for Unstated Main Ideas
Friday, April 22
No School for Students - Institute Day
Week of April 25, 2011
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ACT WEEK - FINAL REVIEW
Monday, April 25
Practice Reading Sample, ACT Book - p. 270-272: 8 minutes, then check answers, p. 280. Explanation of answers, p. 190-193.
Use classnotes, worksheets, quizzes, tests, edit sheet.
Homework - Finish Review page for Jeopardy competition on Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 26
Practice Reading Sample - What has worked for you? What hasn't? Timing? Finding the support? Transitions? Intro/Conclusion/Topic Sentences? Process of Elimination? Any suggestions?
Homework - For each of the 2 folktales by Zora Neale Hurston's Every Tongue Got to Confess (handout), highlight examples of dialect that you can't figure out. On separate looseleaf paper, summarize each story using one sentence per inch (at least 7 sentences per folktale).
Tuesday, May 3
Questions about dialect in 2 folktales
Reading Minutes/Journaling
Homework-
Period 1- Read and compare the poems "I Hear America Singing" (Walt Whitman) and "I, Too, Am America" (Langston Hughes). In complete sentences for each poem, answer the following:
Who is the poet talking about?
What is the poet talking about?
When? Where?
Why did the poet write this poem?
Period 5-
Read "About the Author" on p. 2-7 in the back of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Fill in the timeline for the life of Zora Neale Hurston. English Hurston timeline.may11.doc
Period 6- Same as Period 5 above. In addition --
Read the 2 folktales by Zora Neale Hurston's Every Tongue Got to Confess (handout). On separate looseleaf paper, summarize each tale using one sentence per inch (at least 7 sentences per folktale).
Wednesday, May 4
Period 1 - Hand out Their Eyes Were Watching God(Period 1).
Analyze Chapter 1, p. 1.
Metaphor: "Ships at a distance..." "The porch..." "Mules..."
Their Eyes Were Watching Godstory frame - Starts in Eatonville, ends in Eatonville. Novel's story is inside the frame.
Parent Practice test - Have a parent or other adult read the 30 "I comes before E" words to you as you write them down. Then write the spelling rule from memory. Have the adult sign the page.
Study for Spelling Test - I Comes before E - 30 words + rule
Read Chapter 9, p. 91-93, and Chapter 10, p. 94-99
Tuesday, May 17
Spelling Test - I Comes before E"
Reading Minutes
Homework-
Read Chapter 11 - 100-109
Study for Quick Quiz (1 question per chapter) for Ch. 10-11
English 3 Semester 2 - Past Assignments
Scroll down for the most recent assignments.Week of January 24, 2011 - First Day of Spring Semester!!
Monday, January 24
- First semester grade sheets
- Binder clean-out
- The Wonderful World of Pronouns!
- Nouns, Pronouns, and Antecedents
- Subjective pronouns for subjects in sentences/Objective pronouns for objects in sentences
- Deciding which pronoun to use
- In compound structures that may cause confusion:
- She and I laughed at him and her.
- Homework - Pronoun and Antecedent worksheet
Pronoun and Antecendent worksheet.jan11.doc- Front - Use classnotes to fill out p. 1 (or consult any online source for Pronouns and Antecedents)
- Back - Testing each pronoun separately, decide if a pronoun is incorrect. If so, cross it out and write the correct one above it.
Tuesday, January 25- Reading Minutes
- Pronoun Review
- Double-check homework's Pronoun and Antecedent worksheet [using transparency]
- ACT review book - highlight the Subjective, Objective, and Possessive pronouns on p. 58
- Pocket Manual - highlight the Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns on p. 36. Study the bottom of p. 36 "Compound Word Groups" for a review of how to test for the correct pronoun.
- Homework - For each of the listed Compound Word Groups, write 1 sentence that uses the phrases correctly.
Using Subj and Obj Pronouns Correctly.jan11.doc
Wednesday, January 26- Review of Pronouns for Thursday's quiz - Using Subjective and Objective Pronouns Correctly
- PowerPoint
Pronouns - adapted version.jan11.ppt - Warriner's, p. 185, Ex. 7 and p. 186, Ex. A
- Homework-
- From any newspaper or magazine, copy sentences that have 5 subjective and 5 objective pronouns in them. More than one pronoun may be in each sentence, but you will still end up with 5 and 5. Label each subjective and objective pronoun.
- Study classnotes, ACT and Manual pages, and pronoun homework worksheets for Friday's quiz
- Practice listing the Subjective and Objective pronouns from memory.
Thursday, January 27Friday, January 28
Week of January 31, 2011
Monday, January 31- Indefinite pronouns
- Homework -
- Materials Check - See Materials list.
Materials list.full page.jan11.doc- ALL OR NOTHING. No Late Slips available. Late materials receive 1/2-credit.
- Indefinite pronoun worksheet

Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent.jan11.doc
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Tuesday, February 1Wednesday, Febrary 2 - School Canceled for Snow Day :-)
Thursday, February 3 - Snow Canceled for Cold Day :-/
Friday, February 4
Week of February 7, 2011
Monday, February 7- Highlight pronoun sections of the ACT book, Pocket Handbook
- In ACT book, do Practice items #4-25 on p. 59-60 and ACT-Type items #1-5 on p. 60-61.
- Homework-
- Comparison of Adjectives worksheet

Positive, Comparative, Superlative Adjectives.feb11.doc
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- Check for Late Materials - half-credit or full-credit with Late Slip
Tuesday, February 8- Reading Minutes/Journaling (Who has the ultimate control - nature? society? God? self? authority figures? health? peers?
- Review - Comparison of Adjectives - Positive/Comparative/Superlative (transparency)
- Homework - Textbook notes - Refer to p. 615-625 for blue worksheet

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Wednesday, February 9- Characteristics of Literary -isms: Puritanism, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Realism, Regionalism, Naturalism
- Set up legal-size chart for the -isms: Dates/-ism + Purpose of life + Role of Man + Role of God + Genre
- Video clips as review
- What is Transcendentalism?
- http://www.watchknow.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=20793&CategoryID=5803
- What is Naturalism?
- http://www.watchknow.org/Video.aspxVideoID=20810&CategoryID=5806
- Homework - Define 6 literary terms and give an example for each from what we have read this year
Thursday, February 10Friday, February 11
Week of February 14, 2011
Monday, February 14
- Collect Practice Timed-Writing essays - white plan page, gold 1/2-sheet, final copy (and any drafts)
- Review of Naturalism characteristics - comparison/contrast partner chart
- Jack London, Naturalist
- Start of "The Law of Life"
- Homework - Answer all blue and red margin questions for "The Law of Life" in the textbook
Tuesday, February 15- Reading/Journaling
- Questions generated by the margin questions
- Homework - p. 753, #5 - Use complete sentences to answer each bulleted question. Then provide 2 critically thinking quotes from the story as support for your answer.
Wednesday, February 16- Continue "The Law of Life"
- Reactions so far?
- Finish listening using the texbook (with audio ) from classzone.com
- Homework- For each page from 749 to 752,
- Write 2 Why?/How?questions that you want to ask about the page (total of 8 questions), and
- Write 2 observations or realizations that you had while reading the page (total of 8 observations or realizations)
Thursday, February 17- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- Close re-reading of the story - 2 details from each page that foreshadow the ending of Koskoosh's life
- Homework-
- Close-read "The Law of Life" in preparation for Socratic Circle on Friday. Choose another "lens" to read the story through, such as looking for specific details about Man v. Nature, or Koskoosh's memories, past experiences, the animals that are mentioned or who appear in the story, the conflicting thoughts about life and death that go through Koskoosh's mind,
- For each page, find 2 examples of foreshadowing and explain why they allow you to predict the ending.
- Each participant will receive credit for 1). asking 2 questions, and 2). responding to 2 questions.
Friday, February 18Week of February 21, 2011
Monday, February 21 - School Closed - Presidents' DayTuesday, February 22
Narrative version - Part I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuSyJMSxdbk 10:25
Part II - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWlTQ0mQdhk 3:41
Animated version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzB-hFp3anU 8:55
Wednesday, February 23
- 3 Reading Levels - Independent, Instructional, Frustrational
- College Readiness - Placement Essays
- Expectations - Thesis Statement, Thoughtful reasons and their support, Organization, Editing - proofreading, spellchecking, sentence punctuation, etc.
- ECC College Readiness Expectations powerpoint

A College Ready Student version 2.ppt
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- Essay evaluation

ECC Writing Placement examples, 6 and 4.doc
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- Homework - Find and fix any editing (spelling, proofreading, grammar, punctuation, etc.) Essays 1 and 2.
Thursday, February 24- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Fry graph - level of readability: length of sentences, length of vocabulary in a 100-word sample
Friday, February 25 - No School for Students - Teachers' Institute DayWeek of February 28, 2011
Monday, February 28- Review Test: Subjective and Objective Pronouns
- Review Practice Timed-essay: Respect for the Dying
- Review ACT Rubric
- Review Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences
- Homework - Complete the Recognizing Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences worksheet
Tuesday, March 1Wednesday, March 2
- Collect February Reading Journals
- ID and no fines - the bookroom
- From the Devastation of the War to the Euphoria of the '20s
- The Trenches 3:21 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUCaqptNqKM&feature=related
- The Christmas Truce of 1914 7:18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p05E_ohaQGk&feature=related
- Christmas in the Trenches - John McCutcheon 6:46 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9coPzDx6tA&feature=related
- The 1920s - The Best and the Worst - Why?
- The Best? industry, inventions, prosperity, parties, relief
- The Worst? morality, values, The Lost Generation
- Life in the 20th Century: The 1920s 5:32 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmqc_wJN4_M&feature=related
- Homework- "The Lost Generation" - After reading both sides of the page, highlight phrases or sentences that answer the following questions:
- Why did this generation feel "lost"?
- How did this generation try to escape society's problems?

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Thursday, March 3- ID and no fines - the bookroom
- Introduction to The Great Gatsbyand reading with inference
- Reading/Journaling
- Homework -
- Read pages 1-12 for discussion
- Who's Who?
- The Great Gatsby Reading Schedule bookmark
Bookmark.march11.doc
Friday, March 4Week of March 7, 2011
- Return Comma Splice and Run-on Sentence pages
- Settings - What does Fitzgerald want the reader to understand through his use of setting?
- Attention to Gatsby's, Tom and Daisy's, Nick's, Tom and Myrtle's apartment, Valley of ashes (and the Wilsons)
- What does it look like?
- What is happening there?
- How are the characters acting?
- What mood has Fitzgerald created through these details?
- Homework -
- Read p. 23-38 (see bookmark). Pay attention to settings.
- Choose one of the 5 settings to focus on for your Great Gatsby essay. On the Setting 1/2-page, provide details for the 4 questions above.
The Great Gatsby.setting details half pg.mar11.doc
Tuesday, March 8- Reading Minutes [OR complete Side 1 of 1/2-sheet, with loss of reading points].
- Attention to settings - Side 1 of 1/2-page - specific details and quotes Fitzgerald uses to convey his message
- Homework - Complete side 2 of the 1/2-page with brainstorming about what Fitzgerald wants the reader to understand about the story, the people, the themes of the book
Wednesday, March 9- Great GatsbyPreview of p. 39-51.
- Great Gatsbyessay - Show how creative the author is. Prove that he knows what he is doing when he creates the setting(s).
- Main Point Sentence(s) - What does Fitzgerald want the reader to understand by using this particular setting?
- Brainstorming cycles - Drafts for SETTINGS questions.
Drafts for the SETTING questions.stceMar11.doc- What does it look like? For your selected setting, write for 1 minute about what Fitzgerald makes the setting look like.
- What is happening there? Write for 1 minute about what Fitzgerald shows is happening in your setting.
- How are the characters acting?
- What mood has Fitzgerald created through these details?
- Consider the cycle's example. Find a specific quotethat shows what your brainstorming is saying. Put it in the Step 3 spot of the cycle.
- Check for all 4 parts of each cycle. 1 The idea you are showing about setting. 2 Explain what you mean. 3 Quote as your example. 4 Describe what your point of your example is.
- Homework -
- Read p. 39-51 (see bookmark).
- Type or write the 4 cycles for your Setting's draft 1. [Revise, proofread out loud, spellcheck, edit for Friday.]
Thursday, March 10- Refining Cycles -Adding precise details, transitions, higher level vocabulary, variety of sentence structures
- Great Gatsby- Preview of p. 52-64.
- Reading Minutes [OR write 4 cycles, with loss of readng points].
- Homework -
- Read p. 52-64 (see bookmark) for Quick Quiz
- Revise 1st Main Point SETTING as the final copy. On Friday, turn in draft1 (before revisions) and the final copy.
Friday, March 11Week of March 14, 2011
3rd Quarter Binders, Notebooks, Folders, and Planners due this week
Last day for 3rd Quarter Late Work is Friday, March 18.
Monday, March 14
- Classnotes -Significant Moments through p. 93
- Homework-
- Quiz -
- 2 questions from Ch. III, 2 questions from Ch. IV, and 1 question on Ch. V through p. 91
- Study suggestion: re-read topic sentences from Chapter III through p. 91. Re-read all dialogue.
- Follow bookmark for Gatsby - Read p. 78-90
Tuesday, March 15Wednesday, March 16
- Create the section "thesis" for the Main Point 2 question - How does Fitzgerald use Nick's narration to help the reader understand Gatsby?
- Use key words to turn the question into a sentence to guide your development of Main Point 2.
- Create cycle 1 for one of the occasions you have chosen-
- Step 1 - Sentence that includes the occasion and what the reader learns about Gatsby.
- Step 2 - Explain your idea in Step 1 by using any of the details you listed for that choice on the green worksheet.
- Step 3 - Find a quote that serves as a perfect example of what you are saying about Nick's narration. Include the speaker and the page number. (78).
- Step 4 - Relate the quote to your idea. Draw the quote into the cycle's development.
- Continue to create all 4 cycles, one for each of the occasions you have selected.
- Homework-
- Complete the 4 Narration cycles (handwritten or typed).
- Read p. 113-125 for a Quick Quiz that proves you read the assignment.
Thursday, March 17- Double-check required structures - Section "thesis" starts the Main Point. Topic sentences, accurate cycle steps, sufficient explanation about the occasion.
- Reading/Journaling OR work on 4 Narration cycles if you are not ready to turn in your draft.
- Homework -
- Complete the typed copy of Main Point 2 with required structures, edited, spellchecked, proofread out loud.- due Friday.
- Read Gatsby, p. 130-125.
Friday, March 18Week of March 21, 2011
Monday, March 21- Significant Moments through p. 139
- Homework - Read Gatsby, p, 139-150
Tuesday, March 22- Main Point 3 - How does Fitzgerald give deeper meanings to the story by using symbolism?
- Symbolism - object that represents a bigger idea. Posters.
- Symbols to consider for Main Point 3 - Places (Valley of Ashes, Gatsby's place, Tom and Daisy's, West Egg and East Egg), Colors (green, yellow, gold, white, gray), People (Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Mr. Wilson, Myrtle, Nick
- Reading/Journaling
- Homework
- Complete the Symbolism planning worksheet - Select any 2 symbols in The Great Gatsby. Find 4 examples of each.
- Fill in the 2 columns on the Main Point 3 - Symbolism page with 4 examples for each symbol you have chose. For each one, write one complete sentence that summarizes what is happening on the page. Write another complete sentence that explains what the symbol means on that page.
Wednesday, March 23- Create the thesis sentence for Main Point 3 by turning the focus question into a sentence.
- Using details from the blue planning page, develop 2 cycles for each symbol (4 cycles total), showing how Fitzgerald gives the novel more meaning by adding a symbolic level to the story.
- Homework-
- Read Gatsby, p. 151-162
- Complete the 4 cycles for Main Point 3.
Thursday, March 24- Quiz - Chapters VI-VIII
- Review Main Point structure: Main Point Sentence + 2 cycles for one symbol + 2 symbols for the second symbol.
- Reading OR write draft of 4 cycles.
- Homework -
- Complete the typed copy of Main Point 3 with required structure, edited, spellchecked, proofread out loud.- due Friday.
- Finish Gatsby - p. 163-180
Friday, March 18Gatsby, Daisy, and the 1920s
Week of April 4, 2011
Essay Revision Week
Monday, April 4- Attention to Literal (surface) and Figurative (deeper) Meanings - Key scenes
- Return all drafts of Gatsby Main Points
- Essay Assignment Page - requirements for the final essay. Due: Friday, April 8
TGG Essay Assignment.apr11.doc - Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs
- Homework-
- Write and type Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs
- Read through all draft comments, suggestions, ready to revise (notes, quotes, page numbers, etc)
Tuesday, April 5- LRC - Revise all ideas and observations in Main Point drafts: use suggestions, make additions, deletions, rewrites [or write missing drafts].
- Conferencing
- Homework - Complete all revisions of Main Points 1, 2, 3
Wednesday, April 6- LRC - Revise and type Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs
- Double-check Main Point Sentences, Topic Sentences, and transitions
- Double-check all cycles for informative parts
- Edit Sheet
- Homework
Edit sheet - Gatsby Essay.apr11.doc-- Put all pieces into one complete document - Introduction + Main Points 1, 2, 3 + Conclusion
- Get a head start on editing
Thursday, April 7- Evaluation page - turn in with final copy on Friday
- Homework - Edit, Spellcheck, Proofread out loud
Friday, April 8Week of April 11, 2011Monday, April 11
- GatsbyRaps - for fun
- Wil Thwaite – Daisy Lullaby
- The Great Gatsby Rap (Valley of Ashes)
- ACT Practice - Sentence Structures:
- The Basics
- Advanced Structures - Appositives
- class transparencies

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Appositive transparency and worksheet.apr11.doc
- Homework -
- Appositive worksheet - Revise Using Appositives
- Quiz on 4 basic sentence structures - IC ,fanboys IC, IC;IC IC DC DC, IC
Tuesday, April 12http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiajdDYYMaA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tVc_nHW8bA&feature=related
- Quiz on Basic Sentence Structures
- Simple Appositives - Review
- Using Appositives as Introductory phrases - Applying similar pattern to other introductory elements
- Homework - Online Practice - Comma Use and Appositives - Complete any 40 items, from 4 or more of the listed sites
Online Practice - Comma Use Sentences and Appositives.apr11.doc
Wednesday, April 13- Reading Strategies for ACT Reading Practice - Vocabulary in Context
- ACT Review Book - p. 181-185
- Self-quiz, p. 183-184
Vocabulary in Context p.183-184 self-quiz.apr11.doc - Introductory Elements - Appositives, Dependent Clauses, Direct Address, Transitional phrases,
- Homework - Complete Online Practice for Comma Use and Appositives - 40 items total
Thursday, April 14- Reading Strategies for ACT Reading Practice -
- Vocabulary in Context
- ACT book - p. 181-185
- Homework - Review all classnotes for appositives, introductory elements, and vocabulary in context
Friday, April 15Week of April 18, 2011
Monday, April 18- ACT Book - p. 45 #1-2 and p. 46 #1-15
- Homework - Misplaced Modifier - Exercise Worksheet

Misplaced Modifiers practice.mar10-apr11.doc
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Tuesday, April 19- Parallelism

Parallelism Examples chart.apr11.doc
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- ACT Book p. 77-81
- Pocket Manual p. 5-6
- Homework - Online Practice - Parallelism

Online Practice - Parallelism.apr11
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Wednesday, April 20- Reading Strategies - Before starting to read the passage, box in the intro and conclusion, underline all topic sentences, circle all capital letter except those at the beginning of sentences.
- ACT book, p. 236-237. Read the intro and conclusion paragraphs and all underlining for an overview of the general topic and main idea. Then go back and read for details, limiting the total time to 8 minutes.
- Answer the 10 questions in 3 minutes, using the intro, conclusion, underlining, and capital letters to help you find information quickly.
- ACT book, p. 186-187. Determine the main ideas and topic sentences for each of the passages #1-6.
- ACT book, p. 188-189. Read each of the passages #1-6. Underline the topic sentence of each and write the main idea in the margin.
- ACT book, p. 193. Read each passage #1-3. Underline the topic sentences and write the Main Idea on the line following each passage.
- Homework-
- Online Practice for Parallelism - 30 items due
- For your ACT Prep, study any notes and exercises in the ACT book and any highlighted manterial in the Pocket Manual.
Thursday, April 21- Reading Strategies - Reading for Unstated Main Ideas
Friday, April 22Week of April 25, 2011
ACT WEEK - FINAL REVIEW
Monday, April 25
- Practice Reading Sample, ACT Book - p. 270-272: 8 minutes, then check answers, p. 280. Explanation of answers, p. 190-193.
- Organize Final Review Page -
ACT Week - Final Review.apr11.doc- Use classnotes, worksheets, quizzes, tests, edit sheet.
- Homework - Finish Review page for Jeopardy competition on Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 26- Practice Reading Sample - What has worked for you? What hasn't? Timing? Finding the support? Transitions? Intro/Conclusion/Topic Sentences? Process of Elimination? Any suggestions?
- Natural Science - PSAE Book, p. 40-41
- Grammar Jeopardy
grammar-jeopardy.ppt - Homework - Review and Get a good night's sleep. Bring 2 #2 pencils, calculator.
Wednesday and Thursday, April 27-28- ACT Testing
Friday, April 29Week of May 2, 2011
Monday, May 2
- The Harlem Renaissance - PowerPoint
HARLEM RENAISSANCE.ppt - Video "The Harlem Renaissance" - http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=c88d94d5-5b3c-4b0f-88af-fc18e094ba09
- Video notes on "The Harlem Renaissance."
Harlem Renaissance.Discovery Education.may11.doc - Homework - For each of the 2 folktales by Zora Neale Hurston's Every Tongue Got to Confess (handout), highlight examples of dialect that you can't figure out. On separate looseleaf paper, summarize each story using one sentence per inch (at least 7 sentences per folktale).
Tuesday, May 3- Questions about dialect in 2 folktales
- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- Homework-
- Period 1- Read and compare the poems "I Hear America Singing" (Walt Whitman) and "I, Too, Am America" (Langston Hughes). In complete sentences for each poem, answer the following:
- Who is the poet talking about?
- What is the poet talking about?
- When? Where?
- Why did the poet write this poem?
- Period 5-
- Read "About the Author" on p. 2-7 in the back of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Fill in the timeline for the life of Zora Neale Hurston.
English Hurston timeline.may11.doc
- Period 6- Same as Period 5 above. In addition --
- Read the 2 folktales by Zora Neale Hurston's Every Tongue Got to Confess (handout). On separate looseleaf paper, summarize each tale using one sentence per inch (at least 7 sentences per folktale).
Wednesday, May 4- Period 1 - Hand out Their Eyes Were Watching God(Period 1).
- Analyze Chapter 1, p. 1.
- Metaphor: "Ships at a distance..." "The porch..." "Mules..."
- Their Eyes Were Watching Godstory frame - Starts in Eatonville, ends in Eatonville. Novel's story is inside the frame.
- View opening scenes (Janie's return to Eatonville) of the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evgj1hvnqSs 10:09
- Homework-
- Period 1 - Read "About the Author" on p. 2-7 in the back of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Fill in the timeline for the life of Zora Neale Hurston.
- In addition -- Follow directions for Periods 5, 6:
- Periods 5, 6 - p. 1-5 Highlight all names of characters (capital letters, proper nouns). Circle any dialect problems in conversations.
- In addition - Explain the figurative meanings of quotes on "Chapter 1 - Hurston's Metaphors"
Chapter 1 - Hurston's Metaphors.may11.doc
Thursday, May 5- Period 1 - Discuss Zora Neale Hurston's life as writer and anthropologist.
- Continue analysis of Chapter 1.
- Who's Who? graphic organizer
- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- Homework -
- Finish reading Chapter 1, p. 1-7.
- Complete "Chapter 1 - Hurston's Metaphors"
Friday, May 6Week of May 9, 2011
Monday, May 9
- Their Eyes Were Watching God -Chapter 3
- Homework -
- Period 1 - Chapter 1 - Comprehension Questions (yellow)
- For Tuesday (all Periods) - Their Eyes, Chapter 3, p. 21-25.
- Highlight metaphors for Tuesday quiz
Tuesday, May 10- Metaphor Quiz from Chapter 3
- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- Homework -
- Read Chapter 4, p. 26-33
- Review Chapters 1-4 for a 4-question quiz (1 question per chapter).
Wednesday, May 11- Start Chapter 5, p. 34
- Homework -
- Finish Chapter 43-56
Thursday, May 12- Spelling Test
- Reading Minutes/Journaling
- Homework - Chapter 6, p. 50-55
Friday, May 13- Video Day - Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evgj1hvnqSs10:09
- Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZBCy4OcBM0&feature=related9:16
- Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuoxrIdW2xA&feature=related 9:46
- Homework - End of Chapter 6 through Chapter 8, p. 70-88
Week of May 16, 2011
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